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The facilitated transport of carbon monoxide through cuprous chloride solution
Author(s) -
Smith Douglas R.,
Quinn John A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690260118
Subject(s) - carbon monoxide , chemistry , chloride , permeation , ion , reaction rate constant , steady state (chemistry) , inorganic chemistry , monoxide , tracer , flux (metallurgy) , equilibrium constant , membrane , analytical chemistry (journal) , kinetics , catalysis , organic chemistry , nuclear physics , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract The facilitated transport of carbon monoxide through thin, immobilized films of cuprous chloride solutions is investigated, using a tracer C 14 O technique. Steady‐state tracer flux measurements are used to determine the second‐order forward rate constant and equilibrium constant for the reversible reaction of CO with cuprous ion. The enchanced results at low CO partial pressures can be interpreted in terms of a consecutive reaction model. The cuprous ion is remarkably effective as a carrier for CO . The CO permeation rate in the presence of cuprous ion can be increased by two orders of magnitude over the nonfacilitated flux. As such, the cuprous ion is an attractive facilitating agent for use in a membrane separation system.